Erection of garden pavilion within rear garden. at 5 Pembroke Villas, Kensington, London W8

Summary of planning committee decision

Decided by Kensington And Chelsea Planning Applications Committee on 6 Oct 2026.

PP/26/03043Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

Application decision

Details were granted in accordance with the recommendation, subject to additional conditions.

“Details GRANTED, in accordance with the recommendation subject to the ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS set out below:”

“Trees and Landscaping - Details Required No development shall commence (except for demolition works, below-ground works, site clearance and works at roof level), until a scheme of landscaping has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The landscaping scheme shall include details of all existing trees and shrubs to be retained, proposed trees and shrubs, hard landscaping, paths and surfacing materials.”

Minutes

Trees must be protected

Existing trees must be protected during the works, with planting completed after occupation or completion and replacements made when necessary.

“Trees – lopping and topping For the duration of works the tree(s) existing on the site at the date of this permission shall be protected so as to prevent damage above and below ground, and no tree shall be lopped, topped, or felled, or root pruned, without the prior written approval of the local planning authority.”

“Planting and replanting All tree and shrub planting forming part of the plans and details approved through this planning permission shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding season following the first occupation of the development or the completion of the development whichever is the sooner.”

Minutes

Construction traffic controlled

A construction traffic management plan must be approved before development starts and followed throughout the works.

“Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) No development shall commence until a Construction Traffic Management Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.”

Minutes

Councillors at the meeting

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Sources

  • Kensington And Chelsea Planning Applications Committee minutes, 6 October 2026
  • Agenda and papers (council website)

Source: Plota analysis of Kensington And Chelsea's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.

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At the meeting

Date
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Committee decided
Approved
Councillors
3Conservative 3Show councillors
Minutes
The council's minutes
Meeting
Agenda and papers (council website)

This committee's year

215 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting, 12 against officer advice.

Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.

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